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Contraception Coverage
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Health Care and Life Sciences
Hobby Lobby Update
By Stuart Gerson In the wake of the Hobby Lobby ruling with respect to the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive coverage mandate, the Administration (which already has taken steps to fund contraception…
Employee Benefits Law Report
The first progeny of the Hobby Lobby decision
As we noted in a previous blog entry, the United States Supreme Court recently ruled in two companion cases, Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius…
Beneficially Yours
Courts Will Have to Determine Boundaries of Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby Decision
By John T. Murray, Justin T. Curley and Reanne Swafford[1] Two years after upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme Court has narrowed the Act’s contraceptive…
Benefits Law Advisor
EEOC Pregnancy Discrimination Enforcement Guidance Implicates Contraception Coverage Concerns
By Melissa Ostrower, Stephanie O. Zorn
On July 14, 2014, the EEOC issued new Enforcement Guidance on Pregnancy Discrimination and Related Issues. The immediately-effective Guidance sets forth the EEOC’s policies with regard to its enforcement of…
Employment Law Spotlight
Hobby Lobby: Likely First of Many Cases Pitting Religion Against ACA
The U.S. Supreme Court on June 30, 2014, ruled 5-4 that a closely held, for-profit corporation can qualify for an exemption from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services…
Supreme Court Update
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (13-354), Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell (13-356) and Order List
The Court ended its Term in familiar fashion, with a blockbuster Obamacare ruling. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. (13-354) and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell (13-356), the…
Nonprofit Law Prof Blog
What Does the Hobby Lobby Decision Mean for Religious Nonprofits?
There has been an enormous amount of academic, other commentator, and media coverage of the Supreme Court's recent decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores. Included in the discussion has…
Employee Benefits Law Report
Corporations get religion — and maybe lose contraception coverage
The United States Supreme Court held in a 5-4 decision issued on Monday that regulations issued under the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) that compel closely held corporations to provide contraception…
Health Care and Life Sciences
Stuart Gerson on the Supreme Court’s Harris and Hobby Lobby Decisions
Our colleague Stuart Gerson of Epstein Becker Green has a new post on the Supreme Court’s recent decisions: “Divided Supreme Court Issues Decisions on Harris and Hobby Lobby.” Following is…
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Supreme Court’s Narrow Rulings Leave Questions for Connecticut Employers
The U.S. Supreme Court this morning came out with two controversial decisions that will impact employers in Connecticut. The first one, Harris v. Quinn, dealt with whether non-union public employees…